Feile
[ˈfaɪ̯lə]
The verdict
“Feile” is uncommon German (frequency #66,205 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,205
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrschneidiges, spanendes Werkzeug zum Abtragen von Werkstoffen durch das Bearbeitungsverfahren des Feilens
Corpus desk
Index DE-feile · Feile · German
Feile · rank #66,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,205
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH farming
Nearest frequency peer: farming (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Feile“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Fairfax
Fairfax
33,800 corpus weight
- fallweise
fallweise
33,799 corpus weight
- familiäres
familiäres
33,798 corpus weight
- farming
farming
33,797 corpus weight
- Feile
Feile
33,796 corpus weight
- Feldherren
Feldherren
33,794 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Feile“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Feile |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaɪ̯lə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Feile“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Feile is uncommon German at frequency #66,205 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaɪ̯lə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehrschneidiges, spanendes Werkzeug zum Abtragen von Werkstoffen durch das Bearbeitungsverfahren des Feilens".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Feile, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Feile, spelled F-E-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1mehrschneidiges, spanendes Werkzeug zum Abtragen von Werkstoffen durch das Bearbeitungsverfahren des Feilens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Feile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Feilen werden nicht nur nach Form, sondern auch nach Hieb unterschieden.
„Er schob die Feile in die Ritze und erweiterte sie zu einer Rinne von zwei Zoll Länge und feilte so lange, als die Rinne breit genug geworden war, um das Stemmeisen hineinzuschieben und anzusetzen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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